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In reply to the discussion: UPDATED: Siskiyou County supervisors vote to pursue seceding from state [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)105. As A CA resident, I say go for it.
They'll soon be begging to come back in when they realize what it's going to cost them to be independent.
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UPDATED: Siskiyou County supervisors vote to pursue seceding from state [View all]
Jesus Malverde
Sep 2013
OP
The question is about creating a new state, which is constitutional and subject to the following...
PoliticAverse
Sep 2013
#60
Which raises the question as to the constitutionality of West Virginia seceding from
pampango
Sep 2013
#115
Great idea, please do so. That will be $500 to cross the road into the rest of the state.
jtuck004
Sep 2013
#8
Their water? Without the efforts of a lot of other people, and the people who came before them, I
jtuck004
Sep 2013
#25
I'm not claiming that all secessionists are racist yahoos, just most of them.
David__77
Sep 2013
#36
In waht way do you claim that 2 senators for a small rural area would be 'equal representation'?
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2013
#40
i was responding to the idea that Siskiyou and surrounding areas get their own Senators
CreekDog
Sep 2013
#64
Why would these particular people be deserving of their own senators?
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2013
#58
Which is why they provided limits on the ability to do this in the constitution...
PoliticAverse
Sep 2013
#61
Yeah, let's start a few dozen small Republican states and give them each two Senators.
Coyotl
Sep 2013
#22
I guess they have everything squared away there, time and money for this crap
DiverDave
Sep 2013
#26
They are very likely factually incorrect about the direction of the tax flow.
maxsolomon
Sep 2013
#28
FYI the green lawns in Palm Springs are so far away from Lake Shasta that the water is
Cleita
Sep 2013
#106
I was talking about places like Siskiyou. I know Fresno and most of the Central Valley
Cleita
Sep 2013
#114
Speaking as someone whose family is from what some call the "State of Jefferson"
CreekDog
Sep 2013
#67
Just think! They could charge exorbitant tolls for passing from CA to OR and vice versa! Brilliant!
freshwest
Sep 2013
#88
A Metropolitan Statistical Area is more likely to be over represented on a state level.
Jesus Malverde
Sep 2013
#120
The claim you make needs to be supported by evidence, because the issue is litigable
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#122
Under the 1911 Apportionment Act, which has fixed the size of the House of Representatives
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#113